Business Insider: A US Navy carrier strike group is deploying with advanced fifth-generation F-35C stealth fighter jets for the first time
* A Navy carrier strike group is deploying with F-35Cs for the first time, the Navy said Monday
* The Carl Vinson carrier strike group set sail "in support of global maritime security operations."
* The carrier air wing consists of both fourth- and fifth-generation aircraft.
A US Navy carrier strike group deployed Monday, the Navy said in a press release, revealing that the carrier is deploying with the service's most advanced fighter jets.
The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson departed San Diego carrying the Navy's first F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter squadron, the "Argonauts" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147.
The deployment is a first for the carrier-based variant of the fifth-generation stealth fighter.
The Carl Vinson carrier strike group's Carrier Air Wing 2 is the Navy's first integrated air wing including both the fourth-generation F/A-18 Super Hornets and the newer F-35Cs to deploy overseas.
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